Allsopp, Arthur, Lance Corporal, 2569, 12th Battalion, Australian Infantry Died 2nd November 1917 Aged 35 Son of Sarah Allsopp, of Butterley Hill, Ripley, Derby, England, and the late Joseph Allsopp Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour Circular: Town chiefly connected: Glenelg, South Australia Born Ripley, Derbyshire, England Killed in action near Zonnebeke, Belgium Employed as a boilermaker and had served an apprenticeship with the Butterley Company Attended Ripley Church of England School Arrived in Australia at the age of 31 Had been wounded twice
Additional information from Service record held at the National Archives of Australia: Enlisted Adelaide, South Australia, 24th May 1915 Employed as a boilermaker, and had formerly been an apprentice for 8 years at the Butterley Company in Ripley, Derbyshire Next of kin, his mother, Sarah Allsopp, of Butterley Hill, Ripley, Derbyshire 5 foot 7½ in height 150lbs in weight Dark complexion Brown eyes Brown hair Religion Church of England One vaccination mark on his right arm
Taken on strength of the 12th Battalion at Mudros, 27th November 1915 Admitted to hospital on Mudros with tonsilitis, 17th December 1915 Rejoined unit 24th December 1915 Embarked for France from Alexandria, 29th March 1916 Disembarked at Marseilles, 8th April 1916 Received gun shot wounds to the face, 23rd July 1916 Admitted to hospital at Rouen, 24th July 1916 Transferred to convalescent depot, 25th July 1916 Admitted to hospital with piles, 3rd August 1916 Evacuated to England, 10th August 1916 Admitted to the Base Hospital, Oxford, 11th August 1916 Transferred to the Red Cross Hospital, Thame, Oxfordshire, 3rd October 1916 Admitted to the 1st Auxiliary Hospital with piles, 16th November 1916 Transferred to convalescent depot, Wareham, after treatment for piles, 20th November 1916 Proceeded overseas from Folkestone, 3rd February 1917 Rejoined unit in France, 10th March 1917 Appointed Lance Corporal, 10th May 1917 Promoted Temporary Corporal, 8th July 1917 Transferred to 3rd Brigade NCO's school, 3rd August 1917 Received an accidental gun shot wound to the left hip and reverted to Lance Corporal at evacuation, 5th September 1917 Transferred to No. 1 Convalescent Depot, 30th September 1917 Reported sick, 30th September 1917 Returned to duty, 1st October 1917 Rejoined unit 14th October 1917 Transferred to Gas School, 17th October 1917 Rejoined unit 20th October 1917 Reported missing, then officially confirmed as killed in action 2nd November 1917
Died 2nd November 1917
Aged 35
Son of Sarah Allsopp, of Butterley Hill, Ripley, Derby, England, and the late Joseph Allsopp
Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour Circular:
Town chiefly connected: Glenelg, South Australia
Born Ripley, Derbyshire, England
Killed in action near Zonnebeke, Belgium
Employed as a boilermaker and had served an apprenticeship with the Butterley Company
Attended Ripley Church of England School
Arrived in Australia at the age of 31
Had been wounded twice
Additional information from Service record held at the National Archives of Australia:
Enlisted Adelaide, South Australia, 24th May 1915
Employed as a boilermaker, and had formerly been an apprentice for 8 years at the Butterley Company in Ripley, Derbyshire
Next of kin, his mother, Sarah Allsopp, of Butterley Hill, Ripley, Derbyshire
5 foot 7½ in height
150lbs in weight
Dark complexion
Brown eyes
Brown hair
Religion Church of England
One vaccination mark on his right arm
Taken on strength of the 12th Battalion at Mudros, 27th November 1915
Admitted to hospital on Mudros with tonsilitis, 17th December 1915
Rejoined unit 24th December 1915
Embarked for France from Alexandria, 29th March 1916
Disembarked at Marseilles, 8th April 1916
Received gun shot wounds to the face, 23rd July 1916
Admitted to hospital at Rouen, 24th July 1916
Transferred to convalescent depot, 25th July 1916
Admitted to hospital with piles, 3rd August 1916
Evacuated to England, 10th August 1916
Admitted to the Base Hospital, Oxford, 11th August 1916
Transferred to the Red Cross Hospital, Thame, Oxfordshire, 3rd October 1916
Admitted to the 1st Auxiliary Hospital with piles, 16th November 1916
Transferred to convalescent depot, Wareham, after treatment for piles, 20th November 1916
Proceeded overseas from Folkestone, 3rd February 1917
Rejoined unit in France, 10th March 1917
Appointed Lance Corporal, 10th May 1917
Promoted Temporary Corporal, 8th July 1917
Transferred to 3rd Brigade NCO's school, 3rd August 1917
Received an accidental gun shot wound to the left hip and reverted to Lance Corporal at evacuation, 5th September 1917
Transferred to No. 1 Convalescent Depot, 30th September 1917
Reported sick, 30th September 1917
Returned to duty, 1st October 1917
Rejoined unit 14th October 1917
Transferred to Gas School, 17th October 1917
Rejoined unit 20th October 1917
Reported missing, then officially confirmed as killed in action 2nd November 1917